MOOC

1. MOOCS
PRESENTED BY: MTHETHWA TC
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2. OVERVIEW!
 WHAT ARE MOOCS?
 WHY MOOCS?
 MOOKS QUESTIONS
 TYPES OF MOOCS
 MY INTEREST
 REFERENCES

3. WHAT ARE MOOCS?
 THIS IS CLEARLY EXPLAIND BY Cormier, D. (2008). BY DIVIDING THE LETTETS.
 M-MASSIVE:
 O-OPEN:
 O-ONLINE:
 C-COURSES:

4. MOOCS
 MASSIVE: A MASSIVE NUMBER OF STUDENT CAN ENROLL OR PARTICIPATE IN
A CERTAIN MODULE.
 OPEN: YOU ARE ABLE TO STUDY ANY COURSE, ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME
 ONLINE: IT IS NOT FACE TO FACE LEARNING
 COURSES: YOU CHOOSE ANY LEARNING UNIT IN AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT OR
LEARNING AREA.

5. WHY MOOCS?
 THIS GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE SELF OR ONLINE LEARNING
AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU GET ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR WORK.
FOR EXAMPLE: CERTIFICATE FOR COURSE COMPLETION

6. TYPES OF MOOCS
 Network Based / Connectivist / cMOOCs.
 Task Based MOOC’s
 Content Based MOOCs / xMOOCs.

7. MY INTEREST FIELD
 MY INTEREST IS IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.
 I WOULD LIKE TO DO INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING.
 THIS WILL DEVELOP MY THINKING ABILITY.
 THIS WILL HELP WITH CRITICAL THINKING, SINCE I WOULD BE DEVELOPING
SOME ALGORITHMS.

8. CONCLUSTION
 MOOCS ARE VERY INTERESTING
 MOOCS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.
 SO JOIN THE MOOCS AND ENJOY YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

9. SO ARE YOU GONNA GO FOR MOOCS??

10. COME ON AND JOIN THE MOOCS

11. CONNECT WITH THE WORLD AND
HAVE FUN

12. REFERENCES
 Cormier, D. (2008). The CCK08 MOOC – Connectivism Course, 1/4 Way. Dave’s
Educational Blog. Retrieved April 4, 2013, from
http://davecormier.com/edblog/2008/10/02/the-cck08-mooc-connectivism-course-
14-way/
 Coursera. (2013a). About Coursera. Retrieved
April 4, 2013, from
https://www.coursera.org/about
 Downes, S. (2010). 03. CCK08 - The Distributed Course. The MOOC Guide. Retrieved
April 4, 2013, from https://sites.google.com/site/themoocguide/3-cck08---the-distributed-course

13. YOU READY FOR THE NEXT SLIDE?

14. !!!! THANK YOU !!!!